Kevin Kelly: Online Course Design Rubrics, Part 1: What are they? - | Distance Learning, mLearning, Digital Education, Technology | Scoop.it
Currently, the primary method to scale online course quality is through the use of rubrics that inform online course (re)design. Understanding the rubric field is critical for educational institutions that a) want to offer quality online programs, credentials, and/or certificates, and b) want to increase online student success rates.  To support these institutions—especially those that do not yet use a rubric at scale—as well as the rubric providers themselves, I conducted a review of the most widely used online course design rubrics, which I have turned into a three-part series:

Part 1: WHAT? A comparison of the seven most widely used online course design rubrics, along with their collective strengths and limitations
Part 2: SO WHAT? A discussion of why using these rubrics has become so important, and some early evidence of impact
Part 3: NOW WHAT? Recommendations for what the rubric providers and adopters should do next to increase online student success further